as in inhabitable
suitable for living in
the frigid Arctic is not habitable for amphibians and reptiles—or for humans, either, for that matter
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In this 2016 outer space love story starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, the slumbering astronauts aboard the Avalon are traveling on a 120-year trip to a habitable planet named Homestead II along with thousands of other colonists.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Just like renewable energy, healthy lands and a habitable climate.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
In total, the station will then have a habitable volume of 550 cubic meters, capable of accommodating up to 12 people.
—Emilio Cozzi, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025
Yet a paper accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics posits that planets on the inner edge of a solar system’s habitable zone might remain habitable for up to two billion years longer than previously thought.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Just like renewable energy, healthy lands and a habitable climate.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
In total, the station will then have a habitable volume of 550 cubic meters, capable of accommodating up to 12 people.
—Emilio Cozzi, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025
Yet a paper accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics posits that planets on the inner edge of a solar system’s habitable zone might remain habitable for up to two billion years longer than previously thought.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Habitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitable. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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